NHL roundup: New York Islanders cool off Tampa Bay Lightning

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Anders Lee scored twice and John Tavares picked up two assists and added an empty-net goal as the New York Islanders knocked off the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-3 victory on Saturday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.

The Islanders have won three consecutive games for the second time this season.

Yanni Gourde scored twice and Ondrej Palat added one goal for Tampa Bay, which suffered its first regulation loss since Oct. 28. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots to suffer his first loss in regulation since Oct. 7 at Florida.

Nino Niederreiter scored for the Wild, who had a four-game winning streak stopped.

Alex Stalock, making his first start since Halloween, had 40 saves. Stalock stopped Chandler Stephensen's penalty shot with 4:49 left to keep the Wild within 2-1. But a four-minute high sticking penalty on Minnesota's Ryan Suter with 3:13 left led to Kuznetsov's clincher with 2:37 remaining.

Washington's Alex Ovechkin left the game with 11:00 left in the second period after taking a puck to the face.

Drake Caggiula had two goals and Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists for Edmonton.

Coyotes 3, Senators 2 (OT)

OTTAWA -- Anthony Duclair scored his third goal of the game 1:22 into overtime to lift Arizona past Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre.

Duclair's shot from the right wing faceoff circle slipped past goalie Mike Condon and trickled over the goal line as the Coyotes won their second game in a row. His second goal at 11:32 of the third period had tied the score 2-2.

Mark Stone and Mark Borowiecki scored for the Senators, who lost their second straight.

LOS ANGELES -- Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for his eighth career shutout and Los Angeles ended a five-game losing streak at Staples Center with a win over Florida.

Kuemper improved 3-0-1 while making his fourth start of the season in place of Jonathan Quick, who had gotten the nod in each of the past five games. Kuemper posted his first shutout since a 3-0 victory against the Kings at Staples Center on Jan. 21, 2016.

Jonny Brodzinski scored his first NHL goal to give the Kings a 2-0 cushion at 2:23 of the third period. Tyler Toffoli scored during a delayed penalty at 8:14 of the first period, Andy Andreoff netted his first of the season and Trevor Lewis scored into an empty net with 2:53 remaining.

Jets 5, Devils 2

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Winnipeg used a 95-second surge to score three second-period goals to blow open a tight game against New Jersey at Bell MTS Place.

Patrik Laine, Jacob Trouba and Matt Hendricks scored in rapid succession and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 34 shots for his 11th win of the season. The Jets (12-4-3) also received goals from Mathieu Perreault and Kyle Connor.

Cory Schneider stopped 17 of 22 shots for the Devils before being pulled after the second period. Keith Kinkaid stopped 12 shots in relief.